CONWAY, Ark. — It's been nearly three months since Fayetteville Officer Stephen Carr was shot and killed in the line of duty.
Since then, the Northwest Arkansas community has shown an outpouring of support to honor his legacy.
Now, Officer Stephen Carr's memory will forever be alive in Faulkner County.
The Sam's Club held its first Operation Sock Drive in his honor.
You may be wondering why they chose this random piece of clothing. Well, there's a story behind it and it shows just the one-of a-kind man Officer Carr was.
"It's just something so simple, but means a lot to the community," Meryll Soriano, manager of Sam's Club in Conway, said.
This simple item, a pair of socks that Erinn Stone, Faulkner County Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer, said now sits nestled in the trunks of cars of the men and women who keep Faulkner County safe.
"It wasn't until the 19th, when we met up with them at the Conway Police Department, that we heard more about it," she said.
Stone said the Sam's Club in Conway reached out to the Faulkner County Sheriff's Office and the Conway Police Department, giving each agency 400 pairs of socks as a token to remember Fayetteville's fallen officer, Stephen Carr, who was shot and killed in the line of duty on Dec. 7.
"The story behind it is, when he was patrolling one night, he saw a homeless man. It was cold, it was rainy, and he saw that he had no socks and shoes on, so he took off his boots and gave the man his socks," she said.
This giving spirit is something Soriano, who worked with Carr at the Sam's Club in Fayetteville, said he always exemplified.
"He smiled at all the members, he smiled at all the associates, and even when he was frustrated, you wouldn't know because he always had that big smile on his face," she said.
That big smile that Soriano said would do anything for anyone.
"He took care of his associates, he took care of the members," she said.
Now, nearly three months since Arkansas lost who his friends called, "a big teddy bear," Stone said Carr's brothers and sisters in blue are remembering his legacy.
"As long as we keep his name going, he will always be remembered," she said.
Soriano said they plan to do this sock drive every single year.
She said to look forward to an event held in Stephen Carr's memory on April 13.